Purify, iOS ad blocker, blocking Xinjiang Wall Street Journal article

Posted by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 10, 2022 @07:33AM
from the self-post dept.

This article [1] shows a “URL was blocked by a content blocker” error on iOS with Purify [2] enabled. When disabled, the article loads.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-erases-reference-to-chinas-xinjiang-after-social-media-backlash-11641808676?mod=mhp

[2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/purify-block-ads-and-tracking/id1030156203

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Re:Purify, iOS ad blocker, blocking Xinjiang Wall Street Jou... by tiernano on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:24AM (#29874391)

third party app on said iToy has the censorship... remove the app, it works... and yes, water is wet...

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Re:Purify, iOS ad blocker, blocking Xinjiang Wall Street Jou... by clock99 on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:09AM (#29875008)

I talked about iToy as a whole. You are implying that Crapple doesn't have censorship in its products while is wrong.

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